Lemony chicken & anchovy ravioli
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 ts Olive oil
- 250 g Minced chicken
- 4 Anchovy fillets chopped
- 2 tb Grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1 tb Cream
- 1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
- 1 ts Grated lemon rind
- 2 tb Lemon juice
- 1/4 c Chopped fresh parsley
- 1 Quantity plain pasta dough -(2 cups flour
- 3 eggs)
- 60 g Fresh parmesan cheese -thinly sliced (optional) Creamy Cheese Sauce:
- 30 g Butter
- 2 tb Plain flour
- 1 c Water
- 1 sm Chicken stock cube crumbled
- 300 ml Carton cream
- 2 tb Grated fresh Parmesan cheese
Instructions:
Heat oil in pan add chicken cook stirring for 2 minutes. Stir in anchovies cheese cream nutmeg rind juice and parsley. Blend or process mixture until smooth. Divide pasta dough in half roll each piece until 2 mm thick. Place 1/4 level Tsp of filling 3 cm apart over 1 sheet of pasta. Lightly brush remaining pasta sheet with water place over filling; press firmly between filling. Cut into square ravioli shapes. Lightly sprinkle ravioli with a little flour. Just before serving add ravioli to large pan of boiling water boil uncovered for about 5 minutes or until just tender; drain. Combine ravioli with hot sauce; serve topped with extra cheese. Creamy Cheese Sauce: Melt butter in pan add flour; stir over heat until bubbling. Remove from heat gradually stir in combined water and stock cube stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Simmer uncovered until reduced by half. Just before serving stir in cream and cheese. Serves 4. Source: Australian Woman's Weekly Pasta Cookbook posted by Linda Davis



